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Byron R. White

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Case	Decision	Decision Date	Vote
New York v. Belton	Wrote a dissent	July 1, 1981	6-3
Edwards v. Arizona	Wrote the majority opinion	May 18, 1981	9-0
California v. Sierra Club	Wrote the majority opinion	April 28, 1981	9-0
United States v. Swank	Wrote a dissent	May 18, 1981	7-2
Rosales-Lopez v. United States	Wrote the judgment of the Court	April 21, 1981	6-3
Anderson Bros. Ford v. Valencia	Wrote the majority opinion	June 8, 1981	5-4
Pennhurst State School v. Halderman	Wrote a dissent	April 20, 1981	6-3
United States v. Morrison	Wrote the majority opinion	January 13, 1981	9-0
Jones v. Helms	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 15, 1981	9-0
U.S. Postal Service v. Greenburgh Civic Assns.	Wrote a special concurrence	June 25, 1981	7-2
Heffron v. Int. Society for Krishna Consciousness	Wrote the majority opinion	June 22, 1981	5-4
Rowan Cos. v. United States	Wrote a dissent	June 8, 1981	6-3
Rostker v. Goldberg	Wrote a dissent	June 25, 1981	6-3
Ball v. James	Wrote a dissent	April 29, 1981	5-4
Maryland v. Louisiana	Wrote the majority opinion	May 26, 1981	7-1
CBS, Inc. v. FCC	Wrote a dissent	July 1, 1981	6-3
Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana	Wrote a regular concurrence	July 2, 1981	6-3
Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego	Wrote the judgment of the Court	July 2, 1981	6-3
Epa v. National Crushed Stone Assn.	Wrote the majority opinion	December 2, 1980	8-0
Dennis v. Sparks	Wrote the majority opinion	November 17, 1980	9-0
Fedorenko v. United States	Wrote a dissent	January 21, 1981	7-2
Connecticut Board Of Pardons v. Dumschat	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 17, 1981	7-2
Chandler v. Florida	Wrote a special concurrence	January 26, 1981	8-0
Scindia Steam Navigation Co., v. De Los Santos	Wrote the majority opinion	April 21, 1981	8-0
Webb v. Webb	Wrote the majority opinion	May 18, 1981	8-1
Memphis v. Greene	Wrote a special concurrence	April 20, 1981	6-3
Hughes v. Rowe	Wrote a regular concurrence	November 10, 1980	7-1
Schad v. Mount Ephraim	Wrote the majority opinion	June 1, 1981	7-2
FCC v. WNCN Listeners Guild	Wrote the majority opinion	March 24, 1981	7-2
Wood v. Georgia	Wrote a dissent	March 4, 1981	6-3
United States v. Turkette	Wrote the majority opinion	June 17, 1981	8-1

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